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T. S. DENISON & COMPANY, Publishers.154 W. Randolph St. , Chicago 



GETTING RID OF FATHER 



COMEDY SKETCH 



BY 



ARTHUR EDWARD WHITMAN 




CHICAGO 

T. S. DENISON & COMPANY 

Publishers 



4 GETTING RID OF FATHER 

lock is so aristocratic that one false move on your part would 
shock her completely. 

James. I haven't any dignity, but if you'll get me some 
I'll do the best I can with it. 

Bessie. Has the cook all arrangements complete for 
dinner? 

James {dubiously). I don't know, marm. She was just 
talking to {the name of a local policeman) the cop. 

Bessie. You go down and put him out. Tell her to start 
dinner at once. 

James {eagerly). You want me to put him out? 

Bessie. Yes, James, put him out. 

James {rolling up sleeves). Will I put him out. Leave 
him to me. {Turns and starts to exit R.) 

Bessie. James, my wraps. {Points to wraps.) Has the 
evening mail arrived? 

James {taking wraps). I think it has, marm. 

Bessie. Very well, you may bring it. {Exit James, R. 
Bessie takes chair at table.) There {sighs), everything is 
arranged. I do hope Richard won't stay at the office until 
the last gun is fired. It always takes a man so long to dress, 
and they always wait until the last minute before they start. 

Enter James, R., with letter on tray, which he passes to 
Bessie. 

Bessie. That is all for now, James. If I think of some- 
thing I may have overlooked, I'll ring. 

James. And now I'm to put the cop out? 

Bessie. Yes, James. {Exit James, R.) (Bessie opens 
letter and reads slowly.) Why, this is from father. "Hard- 
hit, Vt. Dear Daughter : Seeing as how things are kind 
of slow up here at Hardhit, I have decided to take a run 
down to Boston and make you a visit. I hope someone will 
meet me at the depot, as I ain't much acquainted down there, 
you know." I can hardly read this letter. Father always 
was a poor writer. "I remain, your loving father, Obadiah 
Sweetwater. P. S. I didn't mail this letter as soon as I 
expected on account of a big snowstorm, so I am mailing 
this the day I start." {Excited.) Good gracious! Father 



GETTING RID OF FATHER 5 

is coming, and just at the wrong time. Oh, dear, what shall 
I do? What will the guests think of father? Why couldn't 
he have come at some other time? We shall never be able 
to break into society with father here. Oh, if Richard 
would only come home. Something will have to be done 
with father. 

Enter Richard, C, takes off hat and coat, hanging them 
on tree. 

Richard {coming dozvn to Bessie). Home on time. 

Bessie (rising). Oh, Richard! Our reception is spoiled. 

Richard (astonished). How so? 

Bessie (starting to cry). Father is coming and will ar- 
rive tonight. 

Richard. Your father? 

Bessie (sobbing). Y-e-s. 

Richard. Why not have him siop at a hotel for to- 
night? Tell him we are crowded; we're taking boarders or 
running a hospital. Your father never could mix in society. 
He'd make more breaks in five minutes than a burglar would 
in a month. 

Bessie (still sobbing). I — I know he would, Richard, 
but you know it's father, and — well — I couldn't very well 
tell him we didn't want him. 

Richard. But think of what it means to us. We are 
just breaking into society. What will the Rockerfolks and 
the Caterbilts think of your father? He would drive them 
into hysterics. Then they'll all leave, and our society aspira- 
tions will be but a dream. 

Bessie (pleadingly). What shall we do? 

Obadiah (off stage). That's all right. I can tend tew 
my own hat and coat. She knows I'm coming — right in this 
way. 

Bessie (excited). It's father! (Richard falls in chair 
near table.) 

Obadiah enters C, zvith carpetbag, hatbox and umbrella, 
all of which he drops upon seeing Bessie, rushes to embrace 
her. 



6 GETTING RID OF FATHER 

Obadiah {delighted). Wal, here I be. (Bessie holds 
her hand aloft in society fashion. Obadiah hesitates, then 
reaches to shake her hand.) Gosh, I'm glad tew see yer. 

Bessie. And the same to you, father. 

Obadiah {going to Richard, ivho rises slozvly. Same 
business zvith shaking hands.) And I am glad tew see you, 
Richard. 

Richard. I assure you the pleasure is all mine, Mr. 
Sweetwater. 

Obadiah. I come durn nigh not a-findin' yer. Boston 
has grown some since I was a boy. I looked all around the 
depot, but I didn't see no one I knew, so I started out afoot. 

Richard. Won't you remove your hat and coat, Mr. 
Sweetwater? 

Obadiah {removing hat and coat during speech, zvhich 
Richard takes and hangs on halltree, also places Oba- 
diah^s hag, etc., to one side of tree). Yes, I guess I will. 
That feller down at the door wanted tew take them, 
but I wasn't taking any chances. What, is he boardin' with 
yer? Pretty polite, anyhow. 

Bessie {sighing). That was James, the butler. 

Obadiah {recollecting). Any relation tew them Butlers 
that used tew live over near Strawberry Hill? 

Bessie {impatiently). No, James works for us. He is 
our domestic servant. 

Obadiah. You mean your hired man, don't yer? Say, 
I come durn nigh fergettin' that I brought yer a pumpkin. 
You used tew be crazy fer pumpkin pies. Don't yer re- 
member? {Goes to hag, taking out pumpkin, which he starts 
to hand to Bessie.) 

Bessie {taking Obadiah hy arm). Come right in here, 
father. I'll show you where to put the pumpkin. 

Obadiah {turning to Richard). I'll be right back, Rich- 
ard, and we'll have a Httle smoke talk. {Exit Bessie and 
Obadiah, R.) 

Richard {disgustingly). He's here all right — pumpkin 
and all — and it looks like he intended to stay. {Looks at 
watch.) Two more hours and they'll all be here. {Deter- 



GETTING RID OF FATHER 7 

mined.) It's no use; he has got to go, society must reign. 

I'll tell him we are taking boarders and get him a room at 

the hotel. (Richard exits C, hurriedly taking hat and coat.) 

Bessie and Obadiaii enter R. 

Obadiah. This place beats anything I ever saw all tew 
holler. It would make some folks up home sit up and open 
their eyes, I ^reckon: Things don't change much up our 
way, exceptin' the Billings kids all hed the measles tew 
once, and Bill Hayward's barn burned down. 

Bessie. Does Minnie Sprague still reside in Hardhit? 

Obadiah {scrutinizing the furniture). Yes, and I guess 
she always will if she's awaitin' fer some feller tew come 
along and carry her off. She's so durn homely now that 
she's afraid tew look in a glass. Say, dew yer have to 
pay yer taxes in Boston the minute yer get here? (Obadiah 
takes chair to R. of tabic, Bessie to L.) 

Bessie. Certainly not. Why do you ask? 

Obadiah (drily). Wal, the minute I got off the train 
a couple of fellers rushed up tew me and said, ''Taxes. " I 
said, "I guess not ; I've paid my taxes down in Varmont." 

Bessie (smiling). Those were taxicab drivers. 

Obadiah. Wal, they didn't drive me anywheres. I 
started out afoot up tew Washington Street. I guess I must 
have resembled a charitable institution, because a feller 
come up and hit me up fer a quarter. Said he wanted tew 
get over tew Quincy, wherever that is. I give it tew him, 
but I kept my eye on him and ketched him aslidin' intew a 
barroom. I followed him in just in time tew see him take a 
drink. "Look here, young feller," says I, "I didn't give yer 
that money tew buy rum with. I thought you were a-goin' 
over tew Quincy ?" He kinder laughed and said, 'T am going. 
I've spent yer quarter fer two drinks, now I'm able tew walk 
over." That was a new one on me, so I got outer there 
mighty quick. 

Enter Richard, C, comes down C. 

Richard (apologetically). Mr. Sweetwater, your com- 
ing was somewhat unexpected. I don't know where we can 
put you to sleep. We really haven't a spare room left. 



8 GETTING RID OF FATHER 

Bessie. We are so sorry, father, but we are at present 
boarding the delegates from the Suffragette Convention. 

Obadiah. I don't care where I sleep, so long as I can 
get my boots and boiled collar of¥. What's them suffra- 
gettes anyway? Women that wanted tew be men, but didn't 
make up their minds soon enough? 

Bessie (pleadingly) . But, father, they will all be gone 
tomorrow, and surely you wouldn't want to stay in a house 
with a crowd of women who talk about m.en and the high 
cost of living? 

Obadiah (emphatically). I never saw a woman that 
could scare me yet. I'm tew old a rooster tew let a crowd 
of old hens get the best of me. I'm goin' tew light up my 
pipe if yer don't care. (Takes out pipe and tobacco, pro- 
ceeding to fill the same.) 

Richard (handing Obadiah a cigar). Have a cigar, 
Mr. Sweetwater. 

Obadiah (taking cigar). Don't care if I do. Say, I bet 
yer paid all of five cents fer this? 

Bessie (rising, takes pipe from Obadiah, placing it on 
table). I shouldn't think you would smoke such old pipes, 
father. 

Obadiah (drily). There ain't nothin' very ancient about 
that pipe as I know on. If my memory is correct, I bought 
that pipe about the time you were married. But I'll keep 
this cigar, Richard, and when I get off the train down home 
I'll light her up. It will make them think I was some sport 
on my trip to Boston. 

Richard. Did you ever stop at a hotel, Mr. Sweetwater? 
We had to do the best we could under the circumstances, 
therefore I stepped out and engaged a room for you. 

Obadiah (zuith determination). No, I never stopped at 
a hotel, and don't intend tew. Someone is always settin' 
them on fire, and half of the boarders don't get tew bed 
afore ten o'clock. (Rising and goes tozvard halltree.) I 
forgot tew show yer something. I didn't know but what 
yer might be havin' some swell times, so I fetched along 
my best hat. (Takes old-fashioned tall hat from hatbox 



GETTING RID OF FATHER 9 

and puts it on.) Hed it ever since I was married, but J 
never wore it only tew circuses, and once tew the Count) 
Fair. {Replaces hat, coming down C.) 

Bessie (suppliantly). Really, father, I cannot under- 
stand why you should have any objections to staying just 
one night in a hotel. 

Obadiah. Can't I sleep with the hired man? I guess I 
can get along all right if he don't snore tew much. 

Richard (astonished). Why, the idea! We couldn't 
think of having one of our guests sleep with the butler. 
That would be ridiculous — wouldn't it, Bessie? 

Bessie. We never could listen to such a thing. In society 
guests are never in the company of servants. 

Obadiah (starting to exit C). Yer hold on a minute. 
I'll go down and ask that feller if he's got any objections 
tew my bunkin' with him. (Obadiah exits C., Richard 
tries to detain him but fails. He comes back to Bessie.) 

Richard (looking at Bessie in disgust). Well, can you 
beat it? (Takes out watch.) Only an hour left. I'll go 
insane with him here, and the guests will think we have 
started an asylum after they hear him. We've got to get 
rid of him for tonight, but for heaven's sake what is the 
answer? He refuses to go to a hotel; he isn't afraid of 
women, and he wants to sleep with the butler. Imagine 
sleeping with a butler. 

Bessie (desperately). If something is to be done, it must 
be done at once. 

Enter Obadiah, C, coming dozvn C. 

Obadiah. I just saw that feller and he said I could bunk 
with him if I wanted tew. (Telephone rings off^ stage, R.) 

Bessie. The 'phone is ringing, I'll answer it, Richard. 
(Bessie exits R.) ' 

Richard (to Obadiapi, who has taken a chair at L. of 
table). I don't think, Mr. Sweetwater, that it would be 
perfectly safe to allow you to sleep with our butler. We 
have discovered very recently that he has violent crazy spells 
at times. These spells always appear at night. He has 
even torn up some of the bed clothing during these out- 



10 GETTING RID OF FATHER 

breaks, and as soon as I can engage another man I shall 
discharge him. ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^ 

Bessie. There is someone on the 'phone who wishes to 
speak with you, Richard. (Exit Richard, i?.) 

Obadiah (drily): Your husband was just a-tellin' me 
that yer hired man has got an empty place up in his hayloft. 

Bessie (stir prised). We haven't any hayloft. 

Obadiah. I mean he goes outer his head at spells. 

Bessie (grasping the point and carries it along). Yes, 
he has acted very queer of late. 

Obadiah. Wal, there ain't no need of my sleeping with 
him, 'cause he told me there was a spare room that no one 
used. 

Bessie. Now that is just how crazy he acts. He knows 
every sleeping room is at present occupied. 

Obadiah (rising slowly). Maybe he is crazy, but if I'm 
any judge of human nature, he's got all his buttons left yet. 
I'm the one that has been a fool not tew see yer didn't want 
me tew stay here. Wal, yer needn't think up any more 
excuses, 'cause I won't bother you any longer. (Solemnly.) 
Maybe I ain't so stuck up as them society folks yer have 
come visitin' yer, and maybe there is some hayseed in my 
hair. But the time ain't come yet when I'd turn my own 
relation outer doors tew dump in a load of fashion plates 
that are so durn lazy they can't clean their own teeth. 

Richard enters R. in time to hear the last of Obadiah's 
speech. He stands in entrance zvhile Obadiah starts to 
.exit C. 

Bessie. You're not going, father? 

Obadiah (judicially). Yer bet I be. I'm going back 
tew Varmont, where you can smoke corncob pipes, say any 
durn thing yer like, and sleep with the hired man if yer 
want tew. (Obadiah goes to halltree and puts on hat and 
coat.) 

Richard (coming down to Bessie). Has he discovered? 

Bessie. Yes, the butler gave it all away. 

Richard (excited). I'm in a terrible fix. I was just 



GETTING RT73 OF FATHER 11 

talking with Barker from the Chih. They are arranging 
for a hig time, and he wanted to know if it would he all 
right to draw a check for a thousand dollars. Now I've 
horrow^ed the thousand to use for our reception. What 
can I tell him? (Obadiaii, zvJio Jias finished putting on his 
coat, stands listening^ at C. entrance.) I'm the treasurer of 
the Club and I couldn't say the money wasn't in the bank. 
I intended to return it before they would need it. What 
shall I do? 

Bessie (zvildly). Oh, Richard, what did you do it for? 

Obadiah (coming dozvn C, speaking benignly). Excuse 
me, but I thought before I went that I had ought tew ask 
yer tew come up tew Varmont. There's always a welcome 
on the doormat, and yer kin come just as long as there is 
a roof over the old homestead. {To Richard.) And seein' 
as how yer are a little hard up fer money, I didn't come 
down here broke. Yer just hold on a minute. {Sits in 
chair at table, remoz'es one boot, taking from same a large 
roll of bills; replaces boot and rises.) There, that is all I've 
got with me, but maybe it will tide yer over fer a spell. 
{Hands the roll to Richard.) 

Richard. Mr. Sweetwater, I couldn't think of taking 
that money. 

Obadiah. I guess yer better, 'cause maybe yer need it. 

Richard {taking money). Mr. Sweetwater, I don't 
know how to thank you. 

Obadiah. If yer don't know — why — just keep it to yer- 
self. Wal, I'm goin' now, so I'll bid yer both good-bye. 

Bessie. You're not going, father? 

Richard {pleadingly). Why, no, Mr. Sweetwater. We 
couldn't think of your going at this time. (Richard and 
Bessie remove Obadiah^s hat and coat.) 

Bessie. Now, father, sit right down here, while I get 
your pipe. {They put Obadiah in chair by fireplace. Bes- 
sie gets his pipe from table and' places it in his mouth. 
Richard lights the same.) The idea of you wanting to go 



12 GETTING RID OF FATHER 

home, father. (Bessie and Richard sit on the arms of tJic 
chair. ) 

Richard. You'll stay, won't you, Mr. Sweetwater? 

Obadiah {pujjing at pipe). Wal — if yer want me tew — 
maybe I will. {Cracking his heels- together.) I always did 
want tew get intew society. 

Slow Curtain. 



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Dialogues and recitations. 
Humorous Homespun Dialogues. 

For older ones. 
Little People's Plays. 

From 7 to' 13 years of age. 
Lively Dialogues. 

For all ages; mostly humorous. 
Merry Little Dialogues. 

Thirty -eight original selections. 
When the Lessons are Over. 

Dialogues, drills. pMys. 
Wide Awake Dialogues. 

Original successful. : 

SPEAKERS, MONOLOGUES 

Choice Pieces for Little People. 

A child's speaker. 
The Comic Entertainer. 

Recitations, monologues, dialogues. 
Dialect Readings. 

Irish, Dutch, Negro, Scotch, etc. 
The Favorite Speaker. 

Choice prose and poetry. 
The Friday Afternoon Speaker. 

For pupils of all agas. 
Humorous Monologues.. 

Particularly for ladies. 
Monologues for Young Folks. 

Clever, humorot-.s. original. 



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Choice collections, pathetic, hu- 
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poetry. 15 Nos., per No. 30c 

DRILLS 

The Best Drill Book. 

Very popular drills and marches. 
The Favorite Book of Drills. 

Drills that sparkle with originality. 
Little Plays With Drills. 

For children from 6 to 11 years. 
The Surprise Drill Book. 

Fresli, novel, drills and marches. 

SPECIALTIES 

The Boys' Entertainer. 

Monologues, dialogues, drills. 
Children's Party Book. 

Invitations, decorations, games. 
The Days We Celebrate. 

I'^ntertainmerlts for all the holidays. 
Good Things for Christmas. 

Recitations, dialoguesy drills. 
Good Things for Sunday Schools. 

Dialogues, exercises, recitations. 
Good Things for Thanksgiving. 

A gem of a book. 
Good Things for Washington 

and Lincoln Birthdays. 
Little Folks'. Budget. 

Easy pieces to speak, songs. 
One Hundred Entertainments. 

New parlor diversions, socials. 
Patriotic Celebrations. 

Great variety of material. 
Pictured Readings and Tableaux, 

Entirely original features. 
Pranks and Pastimes. 

Parlor games for children. 
Private Theatricals. 

JTow to put. on pla3^s.. 
Shadow ■ Pictures, Pantomimes, 

Charades, and how to prepare. 
Tableaux and Scenic Readings. 

New and novel; for all ages. 
Twinkling Fingers and Sway- 
ing Figures. For little tots. 
Yuletide Entertainments. 

A choice Christmas collection. 

MINSTRELS, JOKES 

Blacl'-Face Jcker. 

Alinstrels' and end men's gags. 
A Bundle of Burnt Cork CometJy. 

Monologues, stump speeches, etc. 
Laughland,via the Ha-Ha Route. 

A merry trip for fun toui'ists. 
Negro Minstrels. 

All about the business. 
The New Jolly Jester. 

Funny stories, jokes* gags, etc. 

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